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[Aeson]

My mom told me my nephew is failing core classes. This is his senior year. He's at risk of not graduating. His reaction is, he doesn't care. He won't use what he's being taught later anyway, especially literature. Wish there was something I could do. ☹

 

[megamania]

I understand both of your points of view. Core as is are not overly helpful BUT they are important to build on. He is missing the foresight of what Core classes are all about.

 

[megamania]

Challenges is what makes life worth living....and women. Challenges and women....and alcohol. Challenges, women and alcohol make life worth living.

Sounds like a line from the TV show Lucifer.

 

[Aeson]

I understand both of your points of view. Core as is are not overly helpful BUT they are important to build on. He is missing the foresight of what Core classes are all about.

Those are not my points. He's saying it. Of course, I did feel that way in high school, most kids do. I got my head out of my ass. I turned it around. My senior year was a breeze, but before that it was a real struggle. I want him to understand how important it really is.

 

[megamania]

Sorry- mis-spoke. But as a teenager most have this view. Growing up my father pushed math hard. I got a B+ in Algebra and my father made me retake it. Frustrating but i did it not realizing he was making me think on how to resolve problems.

 

[Aeson]

I regret not taking school and math more seriously. I don't math good. It doesn't help I often transpose numbers reading 98 as 89 ect. Math is always hard for me. I try to use calculators when I can.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

With math, the ubiquity of calculators means much of the heavy lifting can be outsourced to machines. But you still have to be savvy enough to figure out what function you need to do now so you can punch the right buttons. Just a couple weeks ago, I used basic geometry to calculate the volumes of some of my mom’s purses so she could figure out if the ones she was considering while shopping online were too big, too small or about right.

Grasping literature and the other humanities inform you about culture, politics and quality of life. You see messages creators have hidden in plain sight. They might inspire YOU to tsp into your creative side.

 

[Aeson]

Your geomancy talk went right over my head.

Ok, not really. I couldn't tell you what you did, but I understand volume. I just might not know how to calculate it without looking up how to.

Learning about culture, history, religion, and more recently politics has been something I enjoyed.

His dream of joining the army may be over due to his asthma. He has expressed interest in learning welding. I believe math would be useful in that. Reading comprehension will be necessary to understand text books and manuals he may need to read. I hope he'll figure it out.

 

[Dog Moon]

Your geomancy talk went right over my head.

Ok, not really. I couldn't tell you what you did, but I understand volume. I just might not know how to calculate it without looking up how to.

Learning about culture, history, religion, and more recently politics has been something I enjoyed.

His dream of joining the army may be over due to his asthma. He has expressed interest in learning welding. I believe math would be useful in that. Reading comprehension will be necessary to understand text books and manuals he may need to read. I hope he'll figure it out.

I'm currently working on getting my diploma/degree (I actually am going to be getting both) in HVAC. Both options require this one class. It's called "Math for the Trades". I'm pretty sure any of the trades (including welding), require this course. So yeah, math is going to be important. The other courses aren't as useful for just the diploma, but the degree does require some electives which would probably be easier having basic knowledge that is given to you in high school. And of course, to be able to take these courses, you need basic english/math and need either a high school diploma or a GED.

Now, could you go into Welding without getting your diploma in Welding? I suppose you may be able to, but the diploma is going to open up a lot more options for ya. And not having a high school diploma or a GED is going to close some options for ya.

But I totally understand the lack of desire about high school. I barely tried, but I managed to get pretty much Cs. Sadly, I probably could have gotten As if I'd really cared. I did that one trimester in English, got an A just to prove I could. Think I got a D the next trimester, teach was like WTF, I just shrugged. D was high enough to pass. Hah.

 

[Aeson]

I went to a technical college also. I went for a diploma because it was easier to get than a degree. I had to take a similar math class. Failed the first time. Was failing it the second time. After failing the final the teacher sat down with me and helped me rework some of the problems so I could pass. She presented the problems differently and helped me understand.